New Ulm weekly review., 1887-10-26
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington, y. c., Oct.21 ,

rection of the present system of heating
railroad cars. It undoubtedly has the
power to legislate Upon this subject,
and the experience especially of the
past year has fully demonstrated that
the stove must 60, and some other
means Of heating be devised that will
insure greater safety to the travelling
public.
The Commissioner of the General
Land Office is remarkably modest in
his demands, considering that he is an
! important factor in a s.Reform" adj
ministration. In his estimates for the
next fiscal year he asks for ITS addi-
tional clerks and an increase in the ap-
preparation for his Bureau over that of
last year, of nearly one million of dol
lars. If all Bureau officers were like
Sparks, and their requests should be
granted by Congress, there would be
no occasion to worry about the surplus
! in the Treasury.
| Figures at the Treasury show that
during last month we exported flour to
the value OF $5,351, ,8l2, and wheat to
the value of 4,701,8 1850. This year the
September expectation OF wheat has
fallen off over one half, and the expor-
tation of flour has increased almost two
thirds over the corresponding month of
last year.
indianapolis was the first city visited
by the President in his swing around.
1t held it's municipal election last week
and went Republican by a largely in.
creased majority. A fair indication of
what is coming.
The rumor that an attempt was made
to wreck the Presidential train near
Memphis, may have some foundation,
but it is regarded here almost univer.
sally as a slim attempt to produce seen
ic effect on the last act of an exceeding
ly stupid play.
During the past few days several
Congressman have taken up their abode
among us, and many old familiar faces
are now recognized on the Avenue. I
met Congress nan Barnes of Georgia.
yesterday, who is the heavy wheight of
theHouse, 325 pounds strong, but albeit
a good jovial fellow. He is strong
partisan democrat, and pretends to
think with nervous twitching about
the eye, that Cleveland is doing .'pretty
well.''
Randall spent day here last week
on:his return from Atlanta, and exhib-
tied numerous letters of endorsement
from various sections in the South, and
invitations to visit them, which show
pretty clearly that it will be hard work
for Carlisle and Mills to read him out of
the party.
One If the proudest men in Washing
ton to-day is Commissioner Oberly,
He has ''downed" the Virginia and Ohio
Clubs in their rebellion on CivilService,
is sustained by his two colleagues, and
has the the official endorsement of the
New York Mugwump Reform associ-
citation. What greater honor can one
man achieve? True it don't reduce the
price Of bread stuffs, or relieve any
burdens, but then Oberly is satisfied
and correspondingly proud, and he is
part of the administration that is seeking
praise.
A project is on foot to have the next
National Democratic Convention held
s.ere and Judging from the energy dis
layed by the projectors and the favor
18th which the suggestion is received
Washington may boast of being the
meeting place selected. It is free from
all local preferences and sectional in
terests and having a pleasant tempara-
ture at that season of the year and pre-
senting many other attractions, it would
seem to be q place at which all dele
gates and visitors would be most de-
lighted to spend brief sojourn in.
Come one and all and National recep-
ton will be rendered irrespective Of poll
tics.
The city has been alive the past week
with visitors. The Laundrymen con-
vention was largely attended, and some
of the many Chinese laundrymen per-
manentlv located here had the courage
to attend some of the meetings and
seemed to be much intereste, in the
many laundry appliances on exhibition
in the hall rented for that purpose.
None however deemed it safe to make
application for membership, and all ex-
pressed much satifaction with the fail
ure Of the proposition torequire Laund-
ry- Journals mt fo inSorfs a n vnrficop,op